“It is not because God, in His anticipating Mercy, has preserved my soul from mortal sin that I go to Him with confidence and love . . .” (Saint Thérèse, Ms C 36r-37r).

Father Marc Foley, OCD, notes:

“The manuscript ends in mid-sentence as if Thérèse were saying, there is nothing more that can be said. How fitting it is that Thérèse’s last letter and the last words of her manuscript echo her childlike trust in God’s mercy and love.”